Clip.



No. 852,923. PATENTED MAY '7, 1907.

F. A. BROWNELL.

GLIP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1B. 1905.

EETTE STATES PATENT oEEToE.

FRANK A. BROWN ELL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EASTMAN KODAKCOMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF 7 NEW YORK.

CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed May 18,1905. Serial No. 261,083.

To (All whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. BROWNELL, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clips and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to thereference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to clips for holding small articles andparticularly adapted for prints or negatives used in photography and ithas for its particular object to [5 provide a means whereby films orprints .which have become wet and softened as a result of thedeveloping, washing or toning processes undergone, may be convenientlyhandled without injury and it embodies generally a spring clip of novelconstruction which is adapted to grip the work in a particular mannerand which includes means for hanging it upon a line in differentpositions for drying purposes.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof the 0 specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a clip embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof showing in dotted lines thepositions of the jaws when sprung.

5 Fig. 3 is a perspective view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation with a sheetof material retained between the jaws, and Fig. 5 is a cross sectionalview on the line r m of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

In the present embodiment of my invention and as best illustrated byFigs. 2, 3 and 5 herein, 1 and 2 indicate the jaws, preferably ofnon-metallic material as wood, having convex contacted inner faces, oneof which is .provided with a longitudinally extending tongue 3 operatingin a corresponding groove 4 in the other to form an axis on theirtangent about which the members are rocked to open or close the bite ofthe jaws by pressure upon the rear edges as will be understood. Atsuitable distanceseach side of the longi tudinal center but removed fromthe center of movement the jaws or members are provided with apertures 5between which extends a spring wire 6 bent at right angles to passthrough each and having its ends turned down sharply toward each otherforming the hooks 7 on the opposite side which hooks engage the ends ofa spring plate 8, suitable depressions 9 having been made therein tohold them in place. In the form shown both the plate Sand the wire 6forming the spring actuating members are bowed slightly or formed as tonormally bear against their respective surfaces in the center only,being drawn flat by the opening of the jaws and forcibly closing thelatter by their elasticity when the pressure of the fingers is released.Thisforms a neat and'inexpensive spring of any desired strength, thelatter being governed by the thickness or nature of the material usedand the extent of curvature of the parts as above noted.

The gripping edges of the jaws are provided with additional means forinsuring a firm purchase upon the sheet inserted therein which in thepresent instance embodies a tongue 10 and groove 11 much like themembers 3 and 4 except that they are V-shaped in cross section with theintent of inflicting a sharp crease in the surface they engage toevident advantage. The plate 8 is provided with a lateral extension inthe form of a hook 12, the jaws being cut away 011 their rear edgesopposite thereto as indicated by 13 so that it may be slipped over aline 14. when it is desired to hang up the workfor drying purposes. Thishook 12, in turn, is provided with a downwardly extending ear 15 alsointended to offer means for suspension upon a line or cord 14 as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 4 but in a plane perpendicular to that of theother so that the prints or other work may be exposed to the dryingagent with either their faces or edges adjacent.

A clip embodying my invention is com posed of but four pieces which aresimple and chea of manufacture and easily assembled by hand without theuse of any tool whatever.

In the claims:

1. The combination with a clip comprising relatively movable jaws, of aspring-actuating member embodying a strip of elastic material extendingalong the outer surface of one of said jaws substantially parallel withthe axis of movement and bowed to normally contactsaid aw at a pointintermediate its ends, and connections between said member and the'otherjaw.

2. The combination with a clip comprising relatively movable jawsprovided with apertures, of a spring-actuating member embodying a stripof elastic material extending along the outer surface of one of saidjaws, a member engaging the other jaw and means con necting the saidmembers and extending through the apertures only.

3. The combination with a clip having the relatively movable jaws, of aspring actuating member embodying a strip of elastic ma' terialextending along the outer surface of one of said jaws and having itsends passed through apertures in both to bear against the correspondingsurface of the other.

4. The combination with a clip having the relatively movable jaws, of aspring actuating member embodying a strip of elastic material extendingalong the outer surface of one of said jaws and connected with the endsof a resilient plate on the corresponding surface of the other.

5. The combination with a clip having the relatively movable jaws, of aspring actuating member arranged on the outerside of one of said jaws, aresilient plate on the outer side of the other jaw, connections betweensaid member and said plate and a hook on the latter for hanging the clipon a support.

6. The combination with a clip having the relatively movable jawsprovided with recesses at their rear edges, of a spring actuating memberarranged on the outer side of one of said jaws, a resilient plate on theouter side of the other jaw, connections between said member and saidplate, and a hook on the latter extending opposite the recesses in thejaws for hanging the clip on a support.

7 The combination with a clip having the relatively movable jaws, of aplate arranged thereon carrying a-hook and an extension on the hookadapted to support the clip in a plane at an angle to that in which itis sup ported by said hook.

8. In a clip, the combination with the pivotally connected jaws, ofspring actuating devices comprising bowed elastic members arranged oneon the outer side of each of said jaws and extending axially thereof,and. connections between said members.

FRANK A. BROWNELLQ

